Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Municipal Legislation topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Pennsauken committee adopts vehicle-and-traffic ordinances and passes consent agenda
Summary
At its Feb. 20 meeting the Pennsauken Township Committee adopted two ordinances on second reading related to vehicle and traffic rules, approved first readings on two additional ordinances, and adopted a multi-item consent agenda including grant applications and professional-contract awards.
Pennsauken Township Committee voted Feb. 20 to adopt two ordinances on second reading affecting vehicle-and-traffic regulations and approved a consent agenda containing multiple resolutions and professional contract awards.
The decisions came during the committee's regular meeting, when members completed roll-call votes on ordinance 2025-01 (vehicle/traffic amendment for Transoff Campus 299/Lafayette) and ordinance 2025-02 (vehicle/traffic changes for Highlands Head Avenue and Bruce Avenue). Both ordinances were opened for public comment; no members of the public spoke, and the committee adopted the measures by roll call.
Why it matters: ordinances that change vehicle- and traffic-related rules affect street use, parking, and enforcement in specific neighborhood segments; passing them at second reading completes the local legislative step required to implement the changes. The committee also advanced budget- and membership-related ordinances to first reading and cleared a broad consent agenda that includes grant applications and contract awards.
On specific measures: the committee adopted ordinance 2025-01 (second reading) addressing traffic rules attached to the Transoff Campus 299/Lafayette area. The committee also adopted ordinance 2025-02 (second reading) addressing vehicle-and-traffic code changes for Highlands Head Avenue and Bruce Avenue. The transcript records no public objections during the public-comment period for those items and shows affirmative roll-call votes from the members recorded in the meeting minutes.
On first readings: the committee approved first reading of ordinance 2025-03, described in the meeting as a 2025 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limit under the cited statute (transcript reference: "NJSA 48 forward 4 dash 45.14"). The committee also approved first reading of ordinance 2025-04, described as establishing golf membership, greens fees, outings, leagues, golf cart rentals and lessons with the Pennsauken Country Club for the 2025 season.
Consent agenda: the committee moved and adopted a consent agenda that bundled multiple resolutions and professional contract awards. Items listed in the transcript include (as read into the record) resolutions 2025-93 through 2025-114 covering subjects such as certification of EEO compliance (2025-93), submission of a Community Development Block Grant application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2025-94), an award for a 34-foot artificial tree design (2025-95), an increase to the Tippen's Pond renewal construction contract of $2,875 (2025-96), professional-services awards for the country-club restaurant/bar/kitchen design (2025-97), various refund resolutions (2025-98, 2025-99), authorization to publish legal notices on the official government website (2025-100), purchase of office furniture through a New Jersey cooperative purchasing program (2025-102), municipal support for a cannabis business license application for Q3 Manufacturing Incorporated (2025-103), and an application for program year 2025 Community Development Block Grant funds (transcript reference shown as 2025-114). The agenda also listed a series of professional contract resolutions (numbers given in the record, including 2025-105 through 2025-119) naming municipal attorney, benefit brokers, special counsel, consulting engineers, bond counsel, physician services, financial adviser, network services, animal shelter and animal control vendors, and auditors. The meeting record contains item numbers and brief descriptions as read aloud; additional contract details (bid amounts, vendor addresses, or complete scope) were not specified in the portion of the transcript provided.
Votes and tally: the transcript records roll-call votes on the ordinances and on adoption of the consent agenda. The roll calls recorded affirmative votes from the committee members identified in the meeting text (the transcript records the following names during roll call: Committee Bautista/de Batista, Committee Manalik/Manalaba, Committee Martinez, Deputy Mayor Raffae, and Mayor Roberts). The record shows those members voting "yes" on the matters taken that evening. The transcript does include a short, non-specific audible "No" during one procedural exchange, but the official recorded roll calls for the ordinances and for the consent agenda on the record show affirmative votes by the listed committee members and the items were recorded as adopted.
What the record does not show: the transcript reads item numbers and short summaries into the record but does not include full contract text, dollar amounts for most awards (the Tippen's Pond increase of $2,875 is explicitly stated), or mover/second attributions for each motion in the portions provided. Where the transcript listed items without full detail, this article notes those items and marks additional specifics as not specified in the record.
Looking ahead: items passed on first reading (including the budget-exceeding ordinance and the country-club membership ordinance) will return for second reading or further procedural steps as required by local ordinance before final adoption.
